Liv. 21.48.1Īnsequentī nocte caedēs in castrīs Rōmānīs, tumultū tamen quam rē maior, ab auxiliāribus Gallīs facta est.The following night a massacre was carried out in the Roman camp by the Gallic auxiliaries, greater, however, in the uproar it caused than in its effect. Liv. 21.48.2Ad duo mīlia peditum et ducentī equitēs vigilibus ad portās trucīdātīs ad Hannibalem trānsfugiunt;About two thousand infantry and two hundred cavalry kill the sentries at the gates and desert to Hannibal; Liv. 21.48.2quōs Poenus benignē adlocūtus et spē ingentium dōnōrum accēnsōs in cīvitātēs quemque suās ad sollicitandōs populārium animōs dīmīsit.the Carthaginian addressed them kindly and, having fired them with the hope of huge gifts, sent them off each to his own state to win over the minds of their countrymen. Liv. 21.48.3Scīpiō, caedem eam signum dēfectiōnis omnium Gallōrum esse ratus contāctōsque eō scelere velut iniectā rabiē ad arma itūrōs, quamquam gravis adhūc vulnere erat, tamen quartā vigiliā noctis īnsequentis tacitō agmine profectus ad Trebiam fluvium iam in loca altiōra collīsque impedītiōrēs equitī castra movet.Scipio, thinking that this massacre was a signal of revolt by all the Gauls, and that, infected by this crime, they would rush to arms as though seized by madness, although still suffering badly from his wound, nevertheless set out silently in the fourth watch of the following night and moves his camp to the river Trebia, to higher ground and hills more difficult for cavalry.
Liv. 21.48.5Minus quam ad Ticīnum fefellit;He escaped notice less than at the Ticinus; Liv. 21.48.5missīsque Hannibal prīmum Numidīs deinde omnī equitātū turbāsset utique novissimum agmen, nī aviditāte praedae in vacua Rōmāna castra Numidae dēvertissent.and Hannibal, sending first the Numidians and then all his cavalry, would certainly have thrown at least the rear of the column into confusion, had not the Numidians, from greed for plunder, turned aside into the empty Roman camp. Liv. 21.48.6Ibi dum perscrūtantēs loca omnia castrōrum nūllō satis dignō morae pretiō tempus terunt, ēmissus hostis est dē manibus;While they waste time there searching every part of the camp for no reward worth the delay, the enemy slipped out of their hands; Liv. 21.48.6et cum iam trānsgressōs Trebiam Rōmānōs mētantīsque castra cōnspēxissent, paucōs morātōrum occīdērunt citrā flūmen interceptōs.and when they caught sight of the Romans already across the Trebia and marking out their camp, they cut off and killed a few stragglers on this side of the river. Liv. 21.48.7Scīpiō, nec vexātiōnem vulneris in viā iactātī ultrā patiēns et collēgam — iam enim et revocātum ex Siciliā audierat — ratus exspectandum, locum, quī prope flūmen tūtissimus statīvīs est vīsus, dēlēctum commūniit.Scipio, unable to bear any longer the pain of his wound as it was jolted on the road, and thinking that he should wait for his colleague — for he had already heard that he had been recalled from Sicily — chose and fortified the place by the river that seemed safest for a standing camp.
Liv. 21.48.8Nec procul inde Hannibal cum cōnsēdisset, quantum victōriā equestrī ēlātus, tantum ānxius inopiā, quae per hostium agrōs euntem nūsquam praeparātīs commeātibus maior in diēs excipiēbat, ad Clastidium vīcum, quō magnum frūmentī numerum congesserant Rōmānī, mittit.Hannibal, having encamped not far from there, as elated by his cavalry victory as he was anxious about the shortage of supplies, which grew greater every day as he marched through enemy territory with no provisions prepared anywhere, sends to the village of Clastidium, where the Romans had collected a great quantity of grain. Liv. 21.48.9Ibi cum vim parārent, spēs facta prōditiōnis;There, as they were preparing to use force, hope of betrayal was offered; Liv. 21.48.9nec sānē magnō pretiō, nummīs aureīs quadringentīs, Dāsiō Brundisīnō praefectō praesidiī corruptō trāditur Hannibalī Clastidium.and for no great price, four hundred gold pieces, Dasius of Brundisium, the commander of the garrison, was bribed, and Clastidium is handed over to Hannibal. Liv. 21.48.10Id horreum fuit Poenīs sedentibus ad Trebiam.This served as a granary for the Carthaginians while they lay at the Trebia. Liv. 21.48.10In captīvōs ex trāditō praesidiō, ut fāma clēmentiae in prīncipiō rērum colligerētur, nihil saevītum est.No cruelty was shown to the prisoners from the surrendered garrison, so that a reputation for clemency might be won at the outset of the campaign.